firefox hangs for the duration adobe-flash-plugin is being installed

Bug #590000 reported by Anish
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
firefox (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

Distribution
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OS Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10-alpha1-amd64
System Architecture: amd64

Package Information
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firefox:
  Installed: 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
  Candidate: 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Bug Description
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On firefox, when a site containing flash was opened, the usual popup suggesting to install missing plugins appeared. When I clicked the searh/install button, the plugin finder service launched as expected and suggested some options of available flash plugins. When I tried to install the "Adobe flash plugin" (which was one of the listed options), the firefox screen froze until the plugin was downloaded and actually installed. In parallel, another window appeared suggesting that I either "Force Quit" the application or "Wait" further (I obviously waited ;-) ).

This is probably more of a annoyance than a bug, but should be corrected nevertheless.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.34-5.13-generic 2.6.34
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 5 11:29:48 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 firefox-branding 3.6.3+nobinonly-0ubuntu4
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100602.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

Revision history for this message
Anish (anishmangal2002) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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